Matthew 17:5

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“While Peter was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him!””

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“While Peter was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him!””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“While he was yet speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold, a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“While he is yet speaking, lo, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and lo, a voice out of the cloud, saying, `This is My Son, --the Beloved, in whom I did delight; hear him.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Matthew 17:5 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 19:19And as the sound of the ram’s horn grew louder and louder, Moses spoke and God answered him in the thunder.
  2. Exodus 40:34Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
  3. Deuteronomy 4:11You came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire to the heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness.
  4. Deuteronomy 5:22The LORD spoke these commandments in a loud voice to your whole assembly out of the fire, the cloud, and the deep darkness on the mountain; He added nothing more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.
  5. Deuteronomy 18:15The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to him.
  6. Deuteronomy 18:19And I will hold accountable anyone who does not listen to My words that the prophet speaks in My name.
  7. 1 Kings 8:10And when the priests came out of the Holy Place, the cloud filled the house of the LORD
  8. Job 38:1Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:
  9. Psalms 18:10He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.
  10. Psalms 81:7You called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the cloud of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah
  11. Isaiah 42:1“Here is My Servant, whom I uphold, My Chosen One, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will bring justice to the nations.
  12. Isaiah 42:21The LORD was pleased, for the sake of His righteousness, to magnify His law and make it glorious.
  13. Matthew 3:17And a voice from heaven said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!”
  14. Matthew 12:18“Here is My Servant, whom I have chosen, My beloved, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will proclaim justice to the nations.
  15. Mark 1:11And a voice came from heaven: “You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased.”
  16. Mark 9:7Then a cloud appeared and enveloped them, and a voice came from the cloud: “This is My beloved Son. Listen to Him!”
  17. Luke 3:22and the Holy Spirit descended on Him in a bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased.”
  18. Luke 9:34While Peter was speaking, a cloud appeared and enveloped them, and they were afraid as they entered the cloud.
  19. John 3:16For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
  20. John 3:35The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.
  21. John 5:20The Father loves the Son and shows Him all He does. And to your amazement, He will show Him even greater works than these.
  22. John 5:37And the Father who sent Me has Himself testified about Me. You have never heard His voice nor seen His form,
  23. John 12:28Father, glorify Your name!” Then a voice came from heaven: “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.”
  24. John 15:9As the Father has loved Me, so have I loved you. Remain in My love.

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